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this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023
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I recently made homemade treats for my dog using sweet potatoes and oat flour. My whole house smelled like roasted sweet potatoes for hours afterwards, and it was like being in heaven's kitchen.
Have you a recipe to share for your sweet potato oat dog treats?
You can swap out the sweet potato with peanut butter, cooked squash, or cooked pumpkin and it still works.
ETA: you can also use whole wheat flour as long as you don't overwork the dough. If you do, you can drop the egg; it's only there as a binder, and gluten gets the job done fine.
Most dogs (including mine) can digest gluten just fine. It can, however, interfere with digesting zinc. Huskies and a few other breeds sometimes have difficulty absorbing zinc. Hence this recipe, made for my adorable husky mix.
As a side note, if you throw in another tablespoon of maple syrup and 1/4 teaspoon of salt, these make pretty tasty people treats, too.